Ain’t democracy grand? On Tuesday night, 13,549 folks in North Texas elected a state representative. The campaign to win those votes has been going on for about nine months, has consumed the time and attention of some of the most prominent Republicans in Texas, and has given some of the richest men and women in the state an excuse to set fire to pile after pile of money. The result: Jill Dutton, backed by House leadership and friends, beat Brent Money, backed by Greg Abbott and folks who hate House leadership, by 111 votes. It’s a temporary victory: Dutton will hold the seat, vacated by disgraced representative Bryan Slaton, only for the duration of his term, which ends in January. The election to decide who will…
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